Its official (After months of blogging about it)
Minimum bid hit in FCC auction, triggering open access
Story at Cnet news
The reserve price on a valuable sliver of spectrum was reached in the Federal Communications Commission's 700MHz auction on Thursday, triggering rules that would make the spectrum accessible to any device or software application.… the company that eventually wins the spectrum license will have to make their network open to any devices and applications, which is exactly what Google wanted from the beginning.
… In short - expect ALOT of low cost ultra mobile internet/cellular devices popping up (with Google Android on them no doubt). over the next 2-3 years
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